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17,406 works

Pencil caricature of a balding man with exaggerated features holding a Journal pour Rire newspaper, on tan paper.

Caricature of Charles Philipon

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Pencil caricature of a standing man with large nose, round spectacles and goatee, on tan paper, dated 1859.

Caricature of Jules de Prémaray

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Caricature of Louis Marie de la Haye, Vicomte de Cormenin (alias Timon)

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Pencil caricature of a man with a large head, mustache and long overcoat, signed Mailly and dated 1859.

Caricature of Paul Meurice

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Lithograph of a mounted lancer in a plumed shako holding a pennant lance, with a distant rider in an open landscape.

Lancer

Horace Vernet, 1816

Lithograph of a man in a long coat sketching outdoors, with mounted soldiers and a hat and cane on the ground.

Portrait of Carle Vernet Sketching

Horace Vernet, 1816

Print of a standing man with long hair and lace collar, holding a plumed hat and a cane, in period dress.

Man holding a cane and a hat

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Three prints on yellow paper: a soldier carrying a child beside a woman, a seated highlander with a dog, and a rifle-bearing

Soldiers and a Highlander (3 prints of varying size pasted onto a yellow sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Three small lithographs of soldiers and figures pasted on a green mount: an old man with cane, a woman and officer, a mounted

Soldiers (3 prints of varying size pasted onto a green sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Two black-and-white prints on green paper: a peddler with a top hat and bundle, and soldiers conversing in an open landscape.

Soldiers and a Peddlar (2 prints of varying size mounted onto a green sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Lithograph with an oval portrait of a man above a grid of sixteen small figure scenes with French captions.

Augustin-Eugène Scribe with Characters

Victor Adam, 19th century

Lithograph of decorative W letters with vignettes of Washington, an eagle, a cross grave, and a battlefield labeled Waterloo.

The letter "W": Washington, Wagram, Waterloo

Victor Adam, 1833

Lithograph of a startled man and woman on a street before a shop sign, surrounded by small sketched vignettes of figures and

Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide

Victor Adam, 19th century

Lithograph of workers loading a horse-drawn cart beside firewood stacks in a snowy wood yard, with a smoking hut at right.

Chantier de Bois a Bruler

Victor Adam, 19th century

Etching of a bearded beggar with a feathered hat, leaning on two crutches, wearing ragged clothing.

Le Mendiant a la Jambe de Bois (The Beggar with the Wooden Leg), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, L…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of an elderly beggar seen from behind, wearing a wide hat and ragged cloak and leaning on a single crutch.

Le Vieux Mendiant a une Seule Béquille (The Old Beggar with One Crutch), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mend…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a cloaked blind beggar with a tall hat, staff and cup, accompanied by a small shaggy dog on a leash.

L'Aveugle et son Chien (The Blind Man and his Dog), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of an elderly beggar in a tattered cloak and headscarf leaning on a staff, with a rosary and pouch at the belt.

La Mendiante Venant de Recevoir la Charité (The Female Beggar Receiving her Charity), from "Les Gueux suite appelée a…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a seated man fishing in a pond while a standing woman holds poles and nets beside a wooden railing and palm trees.

A Chinese Man and Woman Fishing by a Fishpond

Gabriel Huquier, 18th century

Engraving of robed figures gathered around a wooden cabinet, with palms, a parrot, a flowering branch and chickens.

Vision

Chez Huquier, 18th century

Etching of an old beggar in a cloak and hat playing an ornate hurdy-gurdy, with a basket at his side.

Le Joueur de Vielle (The Hurdy-Gurdy Player), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les B…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of an elderly beggar on crutches wearing a feathered hat, ragged cloak, and a pouch at his waist.

Le Mendiant aux Béquilles et a la Besace (The Beggar with the Crutches and the Pouch), from "Les Gueux suite appelée…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a bearded elderly beggar in a ragged cloak, holding a hat and wearing a long rosary.

Le Mendaint au Rosaire (The Beggar with a Rosary), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a barefoot, bearded beggar in a ragged cloak with uncovered head, gesturing with one hand.

Le Mendiant a la Tête Découverte et aux Pieds Nuds (The Beggar with the Uncovered Head and Bare Feet), from "Les Gueu…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

La Mendiante a la Sébille (The Female Beggar with the Begging Bowl), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiant…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a bearded beggar with a tall hat, cloak and staff, accompanied by a small seated dog.

L'Aveugle et son Chien (The Beggar and his Dog), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Le…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a ragged beggar with a feathered cap carrying a banner reading Capitano de Baroni, with figures and churches behin

Frontispiece, from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons" (The Beggars, also called…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Le Mendiant aux Béquilles Coiffé d'un Bonnet (The Beggar on Crutches Wearing a Cap), from "Les Gueux suite appelée au…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a ragged beggar in a wide-brimmed hat, seen from behind, leaning on a crutch on a shadowed ground.

Le Mendiant aux Béquilles Coiffé d'un Chapeau et Vu de Dos (The Beggar with Crutches and a Hat Viewed from Behind), f…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623

Etching of a bearded beggar in a turban and tattered cloak, standing with a walking stick and eyes lowered.

Le Mendiant Obèse aux Yeux Baissés (The Obese Beggar with Lowered Eyes), from "Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mend…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1623